ElasticSearch doens't log anything itself. There's just this in journalctl -xe
-- Unit elasticsearch.service has begun starting up. Jan 24 18:34:26 logness systemd[1]: Started Elasticsearch. -- Subject: Unit elasticsearch.service has finished start-up -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit elasticsearch.service has finished starting up. -- -- The start-up result is done. Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: kernel tried to execute NX-protected page - exploit attempt? (uid: 111) Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 00007f8429f767a0 Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: IP: 0x7f8429f767a0 Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: PGD 8000000136028067 Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: P4D 8000000136028067 Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: PUD 139ea5067 Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: PMD 139f07067 Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: PTE 8000000109a6f867 Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: Oops: 0011 [#9] SMP PTI Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: Modules linked in: ppdev snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hda_core snd_hwdep input_leds snd_pcm joydev serio_raw snd_timer snd i2c_piix4 soundcore Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: linear hid_generic usbhid hid qxl ttm drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect psmouse virtio_blk virtio_net sysimgblt fb_sys_fops drm pata_acpi floppy Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: CPU: 0 PID: 2305 Comm: java Tainted: G D 4.13.0-31-generic #34~16.04.1-Ubuntu Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Ubuntu-1.8.2-1ubuntu1 04/01/2014 Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: task: ffff984ff604d800 task.stack: ffffac7b41dfc000 Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: RIP: 0010:0x7f8429f767a0 Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: RSP: 0018:ffffac7b41dfff50 EFLAGS: 00010202 Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: RAX: 00000000000003e7 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f84298884d9 Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: RDX: 00007f8429f76f50 RSI: 00007f8429f77030 RDI: 0000000000000000 Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 000000000000000c Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: R10: 00007f8429f767a0 R11: ffff984ff604d800 R12: 0000000000000000 Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: FS: 00007f8429f78700(0000) GS:ffff984fffc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: CR2: 00007f8429f767a0 CR3: 0000000136022000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: Call Trace: Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: ? entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x33/0xa3 Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: Code: Bad RIP value. Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: RIP: 0x7f8429f767a0 RSP: ffffac7b41dfff50 Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: CR2: 00007f8429f767a0 Jan 24 18:34:27 logness kernel: ---[ end trace 2b5dfc9417bb8d5f ]--- ** Also affects: elasticsearch (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1745123 Title: Elasticsearch 2.4.6 cause a Oops: 0010 [#37] SMP NOPTI Status in elasticsearch package in Ubuntu: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in elasticsearch source package in Artful: New Status in linux source package in Artful: Triaged Bug description: Elasticsearch 2.4.6 can't start since new kernel upgrade (4.13.0-31-generic #34~16.04.1-Ubuntu) Kernel log contains : [ 4308.595429] Oops: 0010 [#37] SMP NOPTI [ 4308.595430] Modules linked in: btrfs xor raid6_pq ufs qnx4 hfsplus hfs minix ntfs msdos jfs xfs libcrc32c bnep pci_stub vboxpci(OE) vboxnetadp(OE) vboxnetflt(OE) vboxdrv(OE) bluetooth ecdh_generic binfmt_misc nls_iso8859_1 snd_hda_codec_hdmi edac_mce_amd snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_intel eeepc_wmi kvm_amd asus_wmi snd_hda_codec sparse_keymap snd_hda_core video wmi_bmof kvm input_leds joydev snd_hwdep snd_pcm irqbypass crct10dif_pclmul snd_seq_midi crc32_pclmul snd_seq_midi_event ghash_clmulni_intel snd_rawmidi pcbc nvidia_uvm(POE) snd_seq aesni_intel snd_seq_device snd_timer snd aes_x86_64 crypto_simd soundcore ccp glue_helper cryptd shpchp i2c_piix4 8250_dw wmi mac_hid parport_pc ppdev lp parport autofs4 hid_generic usbhid hid nvidia_drm(POE) nvidia_modeset(POE) nvidia(POE) [ 4308.595462] drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops drm r8169 ahci mii libahci gpio_amdpt gpio_generic [ 4308.595468] CPU: 0 PID: 9314 Comm: java Tainted: P D OE 4.13.0-31-generic #34~16.04.1-Ubuntu [ 4308.595470] Hardware name: System manufacturer System Product Name/PRIME B350M-A, BIOS 0502 02/24/2017 [ 4308.595471] task: ffff8dfa07b945c0 task.stack: ffffb2b6033f4000 [ 4308.595472] RIP: 0010:0x6987877 [ 4308.595473] RSP: 0018:ffffb2b6033f7f50 EFLAGS: 00010202 [ 4308.595474] RAX: 00000000000003e7 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f20e3d314d9 [ 4308.595475] RDX: 00007f20dc6686c0 RSI: 000000004d73aa93 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 4308.595476] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00007f20e319caa4 R09: 000000000000000c [ 4308.595477] R10: 0000000006987877 R11: ffff8dfa07b945c0 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 4308.595478] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 4308.595479] FS: 00007f20e4823700(0000) GS:ffff8dfac6600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 4308.595480] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 4308.595481] CR2: 0000000006987877 CR3: 00000003b723e000 CR4: 00000000003406f0 [ 4308.595482] Call Trace: [ 4308.595487] ? entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x33/0xa3 [ 4308.595489] Code: Bad RIP value. [ 4308.595490] RIP: 0x6987877 RSP: ffffb2b6033f7f50 [ 4308.595491] CR2: 0000000006987877 [ 4308.595493] ---[ end trace ba92d9f3b2090708 ]--- It related to new kernel update, it work when starting with an older kernel. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/elasticsearch/+bug/1745123/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp